RPCookin
Executive Chef
I was looking up some recipes on the All Recipes website and ran across a pet peeve that has bugged me several times. Looking at the user ratings and reviews for a certain dish, and most of the comments were greatly positive, 4 and 5 stars, then I come to the one with a 2 star rating. The comment that accompanied stated that the person was excited because of all of the good reviews, but was disappointed by the lack of flavor and generally uninteresting result.
Then came the kicker... the person had made several alterations to the recipe because they didn't like a couple of ingredients, didn't have a third one so they just skipped it, changed part of the procedure, and then downrated it because it wasn't as good as expected. If you make something for the first time and don't follow the recipe, you have no right to even enter an opinion that might skew the ratings and cause others to skip over it. This is just mindboggling to me.
Basically, they are saying this dish sucks because I didn't make it the way I should have. That's not fair to the recipe author or to others who might otherwise find it a delightful meal. Makes me want to
Then came the kicker... the person had made several alterations to the recipe because they didn't like a couple of ingredients, didn't have a third one so they just skipped it, changed part of the procedure, and then downrated it because it wasn't as good as expected. If you make something for the first time and don't follow the recipe, you have no right to even enter an opinion that might skew the ratings and cause others to skip over it. This is just mindboggling to me.
Basically, they are saying this dish sucks because I didn't make it the way I should have. That's not fair to the recipe author or to others who might otherwise find it a delightful meal. Makes me want to